[0001] The present invention relates to compounds of the formula I,

in which R
1, R
2, R
4, R
5, D
1, D
2, X
1, X
2, X
3, A and B have the meanings indicated below.
[0002] The compounds of the formula I are valuable pharmacologically active compounds. They
act as serine protease inhibitors and especially exhibit a strong antithrombotic effect
and are suitable, for example, for the therapy and prophylaxis of thromboembolic diseases
and other diseases where serine protease activity is responsible for the disease.
The preferred targets are the blood clotting enzymes, especially factor VIIa. Compounds
of said invention can in general be applied in conditions in which an undesired activity
of factor VIIa is present or for the cure or prevention of the disease of which an
inhibition of factor VIIa is intended.
[0003] The invention furthermore relates to processes for the preparation of compounds of
the formula I, their use, in particular as active ingredients in pharmaceuticals,
and pharmaceutical preparations comprising them.
[0004] Normal haemeostasis is the result of a complex balance between the processes of clot
initiation, formation and clot dissolution. The complex interactions between blood
cells, specific plasma proteins and the vascular surface, maintain the fluidity of
blood unless injury and blood loss occurs. Many significant disease states are related
to abnormal haemostasis. For example, local thrombus formation due to rupture of atherosclerotic
plaque is a major cause of acute myocardial infarction and unstable angina. Treatment
of an occlusive coronary thrombus by either thrombolytic therapy or percutaneous angioplasty
may be accompanied by acute thrombolytic reclosure of the affected vessel.
[0005] There continues to be a need for safe and effective therapeutic anticoagulants to
limit or prevent thrombus formation.
[0006] The widely used blood-clotting inhibitors like heparin and related sulfated polysaccharides
like LMWH and heparin sulfate exert their anti-clotting effects by promoting the binding
of a natural regulator of the clotting process, anti-thrombin III, to thrombin and
to factor Xa. The inhibitory activity of heparin primarily is directed toward thrombin,
which is inactivated approximately 100 times faster than factor Xa. Hirudin and hirulog
are two additional thrombin-specific anticoagulants presently in clinical trials.
However, these anticoagulants which inhibit thrombin also are associated with bleeding
complications. Preclinical studies in baboons and dogs have shown that targeting enzymes
involved at earlier stages of the coagulation cascade, such as factor Xa or factor
VIIa, prevents clot formation without producing the bleeding side effects observed
with direct thrombin inhibitors (L. A. Harker et al., Thromb. Hemostas. 74 (1995)
464).
[0007] Specific inhibition of the factor VIIa/tissue factor catalytic complex using monoclonal
antibodies (WO-A-92/06711) or a protein such as chloromethyl ketone inactivated factor
VIIa (WO-A-96/12800 and WO-A-97/47651) is an extremely effective means of controlling
thrombus formation caused by acute arterial injury or the thrombotic complications
related to bacterial septicemia. There is also experimental evidence suggesting that
inhibition of factor Vlla/tissue factor activity inhibits restenosis following balloon
angioplasty (L. A. Harker et al., Haemostasis 26 (1996) S1:76). Bleeding studies have
been conducted in baboons and indicate that inhibition of the factor VIIa/tissue factor
complex has the widest safety window with respect to therapeutic effectiveness and
bleeding risk of any anticoagulant approach tested including thrombin, platelet and
factor Xa inhibition (L. A. Harker et al., Thromb. Hemostas. 74 (1995) 464).
[0008] A specific inhibitor of factor VIIa that has a favorable property profile would have
substantial practical value in the practice of medicine. In particular, a factor VIIa
inhibitor would be effective under circumstances where the present drugs of choice,
like heparin and related sulfated polysaccharides, are ineffective or only marginally
effective. Certain inhibitors of factor VIIa have already been described. EP-A-987274,
for example, discloses compounds containing a tripeptide unit which inhibit factor
VIIa. However, the property profile of these compounds is still not ideal, and there
is a need for further low molecular weight factor VIIa-specific blood clotting inhibitors
that are effective and do not cause unwanted side effects
[0009] The present invention satisfies this need by providing novel factor VIIa activity
urea derivatives of the formula I.
[0010] Thus, a subject of the present invention are compounds of the formula I,

wherein D
1 and D
2 independently from one another are
1. hydrogen atom,
2. -C(O)-(C1-C6)-alkyl,
3. -C(O)-aryl,
4. -C(O)-(C1-C6)-alkyl-aryl,
5. -C(O)-O-(C1-C6)-alkyl,
6. -C(O)-O-(C1-C6)-alkyl-aryl,
7. -C(O)-O-(C1-C6)-aryl or
8. -NH2, or
D
1 is hydrogen atom, when D
2 is
1. -OH,
2. -O-C(O)-(C1-C6)-alkyl,
3. -O-C(O)-aryl,
4. -O-C(O)-(C1-C6)-alkyl-aryl or
5. -NH2, or
D
2 is hydrogen atom, when D
1 is
1. -OH,
2. -O-C(O)-(C1-C6)-alkyl,
3. -O-C(O)-aryl,
4. -O-C(O)-(C1-C6)-alkyl-aryl or
5. -NH2, or
D
1 and D
2 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a cycle of the formula
VIII

or D
1 and R
4 or D
2 and R
4 together form a cycle of the formulae VIIIa to VIIId,

wherein X
1 and X
2 independently from one another are selected from the group consisting of a carbon
atom substituted by R
4, wherein R
4 is as defined below, and a nitrogen atom,
wherein R
4 and R
5 independently from one another are
1. hydrogen atom,
2. -(C1-C6)-alkyl,
3. -OH,
4. -O-(C1-C6)-alkyl,
5. halogen,
6. -NH2 or
7. -NO2,
wherein X
3 is oxygen atom, sulfur atom or NH,
wherein A is
1. -X4-, wherein -X4- is
1.1 a covalent bond,
1.2 -CH2-,
1.3 -CH(OH)-,
1.4 -CH(NH2)-,
1.5 -CH(COOH)-,
1.6 -CH(CONH2)-,
1.7 -CH(CH2-OH)-,
1.8 -CH(-CH2-NH2)-,
1.9 -CH(-CH2-COOH)- or
1.10 -CH(-CH2-CONH2)-,
2. -N(R3)-X4-, wherein -X4- is as defined above and wherein R3 is
a) hydrogen atom,
b) -OH or
c) -NH2, or
3. -O-X4-, wherein -X4- is as defined above,
R
1 and R
2 together with each carbon atoms to which they are attached form
1. -aryl, wherein aryl is unsubstituted or mono- or disubstituted independently of
one another by R6,
2. heteroaryl, wherein heteroaryl is unsubstituted or mono- or disubstituted independently
of one another by R6,
3. a 3- to 8-membered cyclic group, wherein said cyclic group is saturated or partially
saturated and unsubstituted or mono- or disubstituted independently of one another
by R6 or =O, or
4. a 3- to 8-membered cyclic group, containing up to 1, 2, 3 or 4 heteroatoms chosen
from nitrogen, sulfur or oxygen, wherein said cyclic group is saturated or partially
saturated and unsubstituted or mono- or disubstituted independently of one another
by R6 or =O, wherein R6 is
1. halogen,
2. -(CH2)n-OH, wherein n is the inter zero, 1 or 2,
3. -(CH2)n-O-R10, wherein R10 is -(C1-C6)-alkyl or -(C1-C6)-alkyl-aryl, and n is the integer zero, 1 or 2,
4. -(CH2)n-COOR11, wherein R11 is hydrogen atom, -(C1-C6)-alkyl or -(C1-C6)-alkyl-aryl, and n is the integer zero, 1 or 2,
5. -(CH2)n-C(O)N(H)R12, wherein R12 is hydrogen atom or -(C1-C6)-alkyl, and n is the integer zero, 1 or 2,
6. -NO2,
7. -N(H)R12, wherein R12 is hydrogen atom, formyl, acetyl, sulfonylmethyl, amidosulfonyl or -(C1-C6)-alkyl,
8. -CF3,
9. -SO2-R13, wherein R13 is methyl, ethyl or -NH2,
10. -CN,
11. -(C1-C6)-alkyl,
12. -(C1-C6)-alkyl-aryl,
13. -heteroaryl,
14. -(C1-C6)-alkyl-heteroaryl or
15. -heterocycloalkyl,
B is
1. -N(R7)-(CH-(R8))p-aryl,
wherein aryl is unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently of one
another by
1.1. -(C1-C6)-alkyl, wherein alkyl is unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently
of one another by =O, =S, -O-R10, halogen, aryl or heteroaryl,
1.2. -(C3-C6)-cycloalkyl, wherein cycloalkyl is unsubstituted or mono-, di-or trisubstituted independently
of one another by =O, =S, -O-R10, halogen, aryl or heteroaryl,
1.3. -CF3,
1.4. -CN,
1.5. -NO2,
1.6. halogen,
1.7. -C(O)-O-R14, wherein R14 is hydrogen atom or as defined for R6 above,
1.8. -C(O)-(C0-C6)-alkyl, wherein alkyl is unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently
of one another as defined for R6 above,
1.9. -O-(C1-C6)-alkyl, wherein alkyl is unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently
of one another as defined for R6 above,
1.10. -O-(C1-C6)-alkyl-aryl, wherein alkyl and aryl independently of one another are unsubstituted
or mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently of one another as defined for R6 above,
1.11. -O-(C1-C6)-alkyl-heteroaryl, wherein alkyl and heteroaryl independently of one another are
unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently of one another as defined
for R6 above,
1.12. -O-C(O)-S-(C1-C6)-alkyl,
1.13 -O-C(O)-(C1-C6)-alkyl-aryl, wherein alkyl and aryl independently of one another are unsubstituted
or mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently of one another as defined for R6 above,
1.14 -O-C(O)-(C1-C6)-alkyl, wherein alkyl is unsubstituted or mono-, di-or trisubstituted independently
of one another as defined for R6 above,
1.15. -O-C(O)-(C1-C6)-alkyl-heteroaryl, wherein alkyl and heteroaryl independently of one another are
unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently of one another as defined
for R6 above,
1.16. -O-C(O)-aryl, wherein aryl is unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted
independently of one another as defined for R6 above,
1.17. -O-C(O)-heteroaryl, wherein heteroaryl is unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted
independently of one another as defined for R6 above,
1.18 -O-C(O)-NH-(C1-C6)-alkyl-aryl, wherein alkyl and aryl independently of one another are unsubstituted
or mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently of one another as defined for R6 above,
1.19 -O-C(O)-NH-(C1-C6)-alkyl, wherein alkyl is unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently
of one another as defined for R6 above,
1.20. -O-C(O)-NH-(C1-C6)-alkyl-heteroaryl, wherein alkyl and heteroaryl independently of one another are
unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently of one another as defined
for R6 above,
1.21. -O-C(O)-NH-aryl, wherein aryl is unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted
independently of one another as defined for R6 above,
1.22. -O-C(O)-NH-heteroaryl, wherein heteroaryl is unsubstituted or mono-, di- or
trisubstituted independently of one another as defined for R6 above,
1.23. aryl, wherein aryl is unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently
of one another as defined for R6 above,
1.24. -O-aryl, wherein -O-aryl is unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently
of one another as defined for R6 above,
1.25. heteroaryl, wherein heteroaryl is unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted
independently of one another as defined for R6 above,
1.26. -O-heteroaryl, wherein -O-heteroaryl is unsubstituted or mono-, di-or trisubstituted
independently of one another as defined for R6 above,
1.27. -S(O)n-R15, wherein -R15 is
a) -OH, provided that n is only 2,
b) -(C1-C6)-alkyl, wherein alkyl is unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently
of one another as defined for R6 above,
c) aryl, wherein aryl is unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently
of one another as defined for R6 above,
d) -(C1-C6)-alkyl-aryl, wherein alkyl and aryl independently of one another are unsubstituted
or mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently of one another as defined for R6 above, or
e) -N(R16)2, wherein R16 independently of one another are hydrogen atom or as defined for R15 a) to R15 d), provided that n is only 2, and
n is the integer zero, 1 or 2, or
1.28. -N(R17)2, wherein R17 independently of one another are
1.28.1.hydrogen atom,
1.28.2.-(C1-C6)-alkyl, wherein alkyl is unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently
of one another as defined for the substituents 1.1. to 1.27. for aryl above,
1.28.3. aryl, wherein aryl is unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently
of one another as defined for the substituents 1.1. to 1.27. for aryl above,
1.28.4.-(C1-C6)-alkyl-aryl, wherein alkyl and aryl independently of one another are unsubstituted
or mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently of one another as defined for the substituents
1.1. to 1.27. for aryl above,
1.28.5. heteroaryl, wherein heteroaryl is unsubstituted or mono-, di-or trisubstituted
independently of one another as defined for the substituents 1.1. to 1.27. for aryl
above,
1.28.6.-(C1-C6)-alkyl-heteroaryl, wherein alkyl and heteroaryl independently of one another are
unsubstituted or mono-, di-or trisubstituted independently of one another as defined
for the substituents 1.1. to 1.27. for aryl above,
1.28.7.-C(O)-R18, wherein R18 is
a) hydrogen atom,
b) -(C1-C6)-alkyl, wherein alkyl is unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently
of one another as defined for R6 above,
c) aryl, wherein aryl is unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently
of one another as defined for R6 above,
d) -(C1-C6)-alkyl-aryl, wherein alkyl and aryl independently of one another are unsubstituted
or mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently of one another as defined for R6 above, or
e) heteroaryl, wherein heteroaryl is unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted
independently of one another as defined for R6 above,
f) -(C1-C6)-alkyl-heteroaryl, wherein alkyl and heteroaryl independently of one another are
unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently of one another as defined
for R6 above.
1.28.8.-C(S)-R18, wherein R18 is as defined above,
1.28.9.-C(O)-O-R18, wherein R18 is as defined above,
1.28.10. -C(O)-N(R18)2, wherein R18 independently of one another are as defined above,
1.28.11. -S(O)-R18, wherein R18 is as defined above,
1.28.12. -S(O)2-R18, wherein R18 is as defined above,
1.28.13. -S(O)-N(R18)2, wherein R18 independently of one another are as defined above, or
1.28.14. -S(O)2-N(R18)2, wherein R18 independently of one another are as defined above,
provided that if there is a single bond between A and B, then A and B are in a cis-conformation
to each other,
p is the integer zero, 1 or 2,
R7 is
1.1 hydrogen atom,
1.2 -(C1-C6)-alkyl or
1.3 -OH,
R8 is
1.1 hydrogen atom,
1.2 -(C1-C6)-alkyl, wherein alkyl is unsubstituted or mono- to totally substituted by fluorine,
1.3 -(C2-C6)-alkenyl, wherein alkenyl is unsubstituted or mono-di- or trisubstituted by fluorine,
1.4 -(C2-C6)-alkinyl, wherein alkinyl is unsubstituted or mono-di- or trisubstituted by fluorine,
1.5 -(C0-C3)-alkyl-(C3-C6)-cycloalkyl, wherein alkyl is unsubstituted or mono- to totally substituted by fluorine,
1.6 -CN,
1.7 aryl, wherein aryl is unsubstituted or mono- or di-substituted as defined under
1.1. to 1.28. for aryl above,
1.8 heteroaryl, wherein heteroaryl is unsubstituted, mono- or di-substituted as defined
under 1.1. to 1.28. for aryl above, or
1.9 -(C0-C2)-alkyl-O-(C1-C6)-alkyl,
2. -O-(CH-(R8))p-aryl, wherein aryl, R8 and p are as defined above, or
3. -N(R7)-(CH-(R8))p- heteroaryl, wherein heteroaryl is unsubstituted or mono-or di-substituted as defined
under 1.1. to 1.28. for aryl above and R7, R8 and p are as defined above, or
4. -S-(CH-(R8))p-aryl, wherein aryl, R8 and p are as defined above in all their stereoisomeric forms and mixtures thereof
in any ratio, and their physiologically tolerable salts.
[0011] Preferred are compounds of formula (I), wherein
D
1 and D
2 are each hydrogen atom or D
1 is hydrogen atom and D
2 is -OH or D
1 is -OH and D
2 is hydrogen atom,
X
1 and X
2 are independently from one another unsubstituted carbon atom or nitrogen atom,
R
4 and R
5 independently from one another are hydrogen atom or halogen,
X
3 is oxygen atom,
A is -NH-,
R1 and R2 together with each carbon atoms to which they are attached form
1. phenyl, unsubstituted or substituted by -(CH2)-OH or -(CH2)-COOH or
2. thiophene, unsubstituted or substituted by -(CH2)-OH or -(CH2)-COOH
B is
1. -N(R7)-(CH-(R8))p-aryl,
wherein aryl is indanyl, phenyl, tetralinyl, naphthalinyl, which are
unsubstituted or mono- to di-substituted independently of one another by Br, Cl, F,
-CF3, -NO2, phenyl, phenoxy, benzyloxy, methyl, methoxy, carboxy, carboxyalkyl or carboxyalkylaryl,
p is the integer zero or 1,
R7 is hydrogen atom,
R8 is
1.1 hydrogen atom,
1.2 -(C1-C2)-alkyl, unsubstituted or all hydrogen atoms are substituted by fluorine
1.3 -CN,
1.4 phenyl, wherein phenyl is unsubstituted or mono- or di-substituted by methoxy
or halogen,
1.5 -(C0-C2)-alkyl-O-(C1-C4)-alkyl,
1.6 cyclopropylmethyl, or
1.7 ethinyl,
2. -O-(CH-(R8))p-phenyl,
wherein R8 and p are as defined above, or
3. -N(R7)-(CH-(R8))p-heteroaryl, wherein heteroaryl is imidazolyl, benzimidazolyl, oxazolyl, benzoxazolyl,
thiazolyl, benzothiazolyl, indolyl, indazolyl, indolinyl, or pyridinyl unsubstituted
or mono substituted by Br, Cl, F, -CF3, -NO2, phenyl, phenoxy, methyl, benzyloxy, methyl, methoxy, carboxy, carboxyalkyl or carboxyalkylaryl,
and R7, R8 and p are as defined above,
in all their stereoisomeric forms and mixtures thereof in any ratio, and their physiologically
tolerable salts.
[0012] As used herein, the term alkyl is to be understood in the broadest sense to mean
hydrocarbon residues which can be linear, i. e. straight-chain, or branched and which
can be acyclic or cyclic groups or comprise any combination of acyclic and cyclic
subunits. Further, the term alkyl as used herein expressly includes saturated groups
as well as unsaturated groups which latter groups contain one or more, for example
one, two or three, double bonds and/or triple bonds, provided that the double bonds
are not located within a cyclic alkyl group in such a manner that an aromatic system
results. All these statements also apply if an alkyl group occurs as a substituent
on another group, for example in an alkoxy group (alkyl-O-), an alkoxycarbonyl group
or an arylalkyl group. Examples of alkyl groups containing 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 carbon
atoms are methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, pentyl or hexyl, the n-isomers of all these
groups, isopropyl, isobutyl, 1-methylbutyl, isopentyl, neopentyl, 2,2-dimethylbutyl,
2-methylpentyl, 3-methylpentyl, isohexyl, sec-butyl, tert-butyl or tert-pentyl. The
term "(C
0-C
6)-alkyl" is an alkyl group containing zero, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6 carbon atoms; in case
of "(C
0)-alkyl" a covalent bond is formed.
[0013] Unsaturated alkyl groups are, for example, alkenyl groups such as vinyl, 1-propenyl,
2-propenyl (= allyl), 2-butenyl, 3-butenyl, 2-methyl-2-butenyl, 3-methyl-2-butenyl,
5-hexenyl or 1,3-pentadienyl, or alkynyl groups such as ethynyl, 1-propynyl, 2-propynyl
(= propargyl) or 2-butynyl. Alkyl groups can also be unsaturated when they are substituted.
[0014] Examples of cyclic alkyl groups are cycloalkyl groups containing 3, 4, 5, 6 or 7
ring carbon atoms like cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl or cyclohexyl, which can
also be substituted and/or unsaturated. Unsaturated cyclic alkyl groups and unsaturated
cycloalkyl groups like, for example, cyclopentenyl or cyclohexenyl can be bonded via
any carbon atom. The term alkyl as used herein also comprises cycloalkyl-substituted
alkyl groups like cyclopropylmethyl-, cyclobutylmethyl-, cyclopentylmethyl-, 1-cyclopropylethyl-,
1-cyclobutylethyl-, 1-cyclopentylethyl-, 2-cyclopropylethyl-, 2-cyclobutylethyl-,
2-cyclopentylethyl-, 3-cyclopropylpropyl-, 3-cyclobutylpropyl-, etc. in which groups
the cycloalkyl subgroup as well as acyclic subgroup can be unsaturated and/or substituted.
[0015] Of course, a cyclic alkyl group has to contain at least three carbon atoms, and an
unsaturated alkyl group has to contain at least two carbon atoms. Thus, a group like
(C
1-C
6)-alkyl is to be understood as comprising, among others, saturated acyclic (C
1-C
6)-alkyl, (C
3-C
7)-cycloalkyl, cycloalkyl-alkyl groups like (C
3-C
7)-cycloalkyl-(C
1-C
3)-alkyl-wherein the total number of carbon atoms can range from 4 to 7, and unsaturated
(C
2-C
6)-alkyl like (C
2-C
6)-alkenyl or (C
2-C
6)-alkynyl. Similarly, a group like (C
1-C
4)-alkyl is to be understood as comprising, among others, saturated acyclic (C
1-C
4)-alkyl, (C
3-C
4)-cycloalkyl, cyclopropyl-methyl-, and unsaturated (C
2-C
4)-alkyl like (C
2-C
4)-alkenyl or (C
2-C
4)-alkynyl.
[0016] The term aryl refers to a monocyclic or polycyclic hydrocarbon residue in which at
least one carbocyclic ring is present that has a conjugated pi electron system. A
aryl group contains from 6 to 14 ring carbon atoms. Examples of aryl groups are phenyl,
naphthyl, indanyl, tetralinyl, biphenylyl, fluorenyl or anthracenyl. Preferred (C
6-C
10)-aryl groups are phenyl or naphthyl. Unless stated otherwise, and irrespective of
any specific substituents bonded to aryl groups which are indicated in the definition
of the compounds of the formula I, aryl groups, for example phenyl, naphthyl or fluorenyl,
can in general be unsubstituted or substituted by one or more, for example one, two
or three, identical or different substituents. Aryl groups can be bonded via any desired
position, and in substituted aryl groups the substituents can be located in any desired
position.
[0017] In mono substituted phenyl groups the substituent can be located in the 2-position,
the 3-position or the 4-position, with the 3-position and the 4-position being preferred.
If a phenyl group carries two substituents, they can be located in 2,3-position, 2,4-position,
2,5-position, 2,6-position, 3,4-position or 3,5-position. In phenyl groups carrying
three substituents the substituents can be located in 2,3,4-position, 2,3,5-position,
2,3,6-position, 2,4,5-position, 2,4,6-position, or 3,4,5-position. Naphthyl groups
can be 1-naphthyl and 2-naphthyl. In substituted naphthyl groups the substituents
can be located in any positions, for example in mono substituted 1-naphthyl groups
in the 2-, 3-, 4-, 5-, 6-, 7-, or 8-position and in mono substituted 2-naphthyl groups
in the 1-, 3-, 4-, 5-, 6-, 7-, or 8-position. Biphenylyl groups can be biphenyl-2-yl,
biphenyl-3-yl or biphenyl-4-yl. Fluorenyl groups can be bonded via the 1-, 2-, 3-,
4- or 9-position. In mono substituted fluorenyl groups bonded via the 9-position the
substituent is preferably present in the 1-, 2-, 3- or 4-position.
[0018] The above statements relating to aryl groups correspondingly apply to divalent groups
derived from aryl groups, i. e. to arylene groups like phenylene which can be unsubstituted
or substituted 1,2-phenylene, 1,3-phenylene or 1,4-phenylene, or naphthylene which
can be unsubstituted or substituted 1,2-naphthalenediyl, 1,3-naphthalenediyl, 1,4-naphthalenediyl,
1,5-naphthalenediyl, 1,6-naphthalenediyl, 1,7-naphthalenediyl, 1,8-naphthalenediyl,
2,3-naphthalenediyl, 2,6-naphthalenediyl or 2,7-naphthalenediyl. The above statements
also correspondingly apply to the aryl subgroup in arylalkyl- groups. Examples of
arylalkyl- groups which can also be unsubstituted or substituted in the aryl subgroup
as well as in the alkyl subgroup, are benzyl, 1-phenylethyl, 2-phenylethyl, 3-phenylpropyl,
4-phenylbutyl, 1-methyl-3-phenyl-propyl, 1-naphthylmethyl, 2-naphthylmethyl, 1-(1-naphthyl)ethyl,
1-(2-naphthyl)ethyl, 2-(1-naphthyl)ethyl, 2-(2-naphthyl)ethyl, or 9-fluorenylmethyl.
All the above explanations also corresponding apply to aromatic rings which may be
condensed (or fused) to a ring formed.
[0019] The term "heteroaryl" comprises groups containing 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 ring
atoms in the parent monocyclic or bicyclic heterocyclic ring system. In monocyclic
heteroaryl groups the heterocyclic ring preferably is a 3-membered, 4-membered, 5-membered,
6-membered or 7-membered ring, particularly preferably a 5-membered or 6-membered
ring. In bicyclic heteroaryl groups preferably two fused rings are present one of
which is a 5-membered ring or 6-membered heterocyclic ring and the other of which
is a 5-membered or 6-membered heterocyclic or carbocyclic ring, i. e. a bicyclic ring
heteroaryl preferably contains 8, 9 or 10 ring atoms, particularly preferably 9 or
10 ring atoms.
[0020] Heteroaryl comprises saturated heterocyclic ring systems which do not contain any
double bonds within the rings, as well as unsaturated heterocyclic ring systems including
mono-unsaturated and poly-unsaturated heterocyclic ring systems which contain one
or more, for example one, two, three, four or five, double bonds within the rings
provided that the resulting system is stable. Unsaturated rings may be partially unsaturated
or non-aromatic, or they may be aromatic, i. e. double bonds within the rings in the
heteroaryl group may be arranged in such a manner that a conjugated pi electron system
results. Aromatic rings in a heteroaryl group may be 5-membered or 6-membered rings,
i. e. aromatic groups in a heteroaryl group contain 5 to 10 ring atoms. Aromatic rings
in a heteroaryl group thus comprise 5-membered and 6-membered monocyclic heterocycles
and bicyclic heterocycles composed of two 5-membered rings, one 5-membered ring and
one 6-membered ring, or two 6-membered rings. In bicyclic aromatic groups in a heteroaryl
group one or both rings may contain heteroatoms. Aromatic heteroaryl groups may also
be referred to by the customary term heteroaryl for which all the definitions and
explanations above and below relating to heteroaryl correspondingly apply. These explanations
relating to the saturation/unsaturation in heterocyclic ring systems representing
the heteroaryl group corresponding apply to any other heterocyclic ring system that
can be present in a compound of the formula I, for example to a ring formed by R
1 and R
2 together with the carbon atom to which these groups are bonded, and the ring systems
that may be condensed to this ring.
[0021] In a heteroaryl group and any other heterocyclic group preferably 1 or 2 identical
or different ring heteroatoms selected from nitrogen, oxygen and sulfur atoms are
present. In general, the ring heteroatoms can be present in any desired combination
and in any desired positions with respect to each other provided that the resulting
heterocyclic system is known in the art and is stable and suitable as a subgroup in
a drug substance. Examples of parent structures of heterocycles from which the heteroaryl
group any other heterocyclic groups can be derived are aziridine, oxirane, azetidine,
pyrrole, furan, thiophene, dioxole, imidazole, pyrazole, oxazole, isoxazole, thiazole,
isothiazole, thiadiazole, 1,2,3-triazole, 1,2,4-triazole, pyridine, pyran, thiopyran,
pyridazine, pyrimidine, pyrazine, 1,4-dioxine, 1,2-oxazine, 1,3-oxazine, 1,4-oxazine,
1,2-thiazine, 1,3-thiazine, 1,4-thiazine, 1,2,3-triazine, 1,2,4-triazine, 1,3,5-triazine,
azepine, 1,2-diazepine, 1,3-diazepine, 1,4-diazepine, indole, isoindole, benzofuran,
benzothiophene, 1,3-benzodioxole, benzo[1,4]dioxine, 4H-benzo[1,4]oxazine, indazole,
benzimidazole, benzoxazole, benzothiazole, quinoline, isoquinoline, chromane, isochromane,
cinnoline, quinazoline, quinoxaline, phthalazine, pyridoimidazoles, pyridopyridines,
pyridopyrimidines, etc. as well as ring systems which result from the listed heterocycles
by fusion (or condensation) of a carbocyclic ring, for example benzo-fused, cyclopenta-fused,
cyclohexa-fused or cyclohepta-fused derivatives of these heterocycles.
[0022] The fact that many of the before-listed names of heterocycles are the chemical names
of unsaturated or aromatic ring systems does not imply that the heteroaryl groups
and other heterocyclic groups could only be derived from the respective unsaturated
ring system. The names here only serve to describe the ring system with respect to
ring size and the number of the heteroatoms and their relative positions.
[0023] The heteroaryl group and other any other heterocyclic group may be bonded via any
ring carbon atom, and in the case of nitrogen heterocycles via any suitable ring nitrogen
atom, if applicable. Thus, for example, a pyrrolyl group can be pyrrol-1-yl, pyrrol-2-yl
or pyrrol-3-yl, a pyrrolidinyl group can be pyrrolidin-1-yl (= pyrrolidino), pyrrolidin-2-yl
or pyrrolidin-3-yl, a pyridinyl group can be pyridin-2-yl, pyridin-3-yl or pyridin-4-yl,
a piperidinyl group can be piperidin-1-yl (= piperidino), piperidin-2-yl, piperidin-3-yl
or piperidin-3-yl. Furyl can be furan-2-yl or fur-3-yl, thienyl can be thiophen-2-yl
or thiophen-3-yl, imidazolyl can be imidazol-1-yl, imidazol-2-yl, imidazol-4-yl or
imidazol-5-yl, 1,3-oxazolyl can be 1,3-oxazol-2-yl, 1,3-oxazol-4-yl or 1,3-oxazol-5-yl,
1,3-thiazolyl can be 1,3-thiazol-2-yl, 1,3-thiazol-4-yl or 1,3-thiazol-5-yl, pyrimidinyl
can be pyrimidin-2-yl, pyrimidin-4-yl (= pyrimidin-6-yl) or pyrimidin-5-yl, piperazinyl
can be piperazin-1-yl (= piperazin-4-yl = piperazino) or piperazin-2-yl. Indolyl can
be indol-1-yl, indol-2-yl, indol-3-yl, indol-4-yl, indol-5-yl, indol-6-yl or indol-7-yl.
Similarly benzimidazolyl, benzoxazolyl and benzothiazol groups can be bonded via the
2-position and via any of the positions 4, 5, 6, and 7. Quinolinyl can be quinolin-2-yl,
quinolin-3-yl, quinolin-4-yl, quinolin-5-yl, quinolin-5-yl, quinolin-7-yl or quinolin-8-yl,
isoqinolinyl can be isoquinolin-1-yl, isoquinolin-3-yl, isoquinolin-4-yl, isoquinolin-5-yl,
isoquinolin-6-yl, isoquinolin-7-yl or isoquinolin-8-yl. In addition to being bonded
via any of the positions indicated for quinolinyl and isoquinolinyl, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinolinyl
and 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolinyl can also be bonded via the nitrogen atoms in 1-position
and 2-position, respectively.
[0024] The term "3- to 8-membered cyclic group, wherein said cyclic group is saturated or
partially saturated" refers to cyclic alkyl groups such as cycloalkyl groups containing
3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8 ring carbon atoms like cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl or
cyclohexyl, which can also be substituted and/or unsaturated. Unsaturated cyclic alkyl
groups and unsaturated cycloalkyl groups are for example, cyclopentenyl or cyclohexenyl.
[0025] The term "3- to 8-membered cyclic group, containing up to 1, 2, 3 or 4 heteroatoms
chosen from nitrogen, sulfur or oxygen, wherein said cyclic group is saturated or
partially saturated" refers to a heteroaryl group which is saturated or partially
unsaturated, and can thus be derived not only from the before-listed heterocycles
themselves but also from all their partially or completely hydrogenated analogues
and also from their more highly unsaturated analogues if applicable. As examples of
completely or partially hydrogenated analogues of the before-listed heterocycles the
following may be mentioned: pyrroline, pyrrolidine, tetrahydrofuran, tetrahydrothiophene,
dihydropyridine, tetrahydropyridine, piperidine, 1,3-dioxolane, 2-imidazoline, imidazolidine,
4,5-dihydro-1,3-oxazol, 1,3-oxazolidine, 4,5-dihydro-1,3-thiazole, 1,3-thiazolidine,
perhydro-1,4-dioxane, piperazine, perhydro-1,4-oxazine (= morpholine), 2,3-dihydrobenzo[1,4]dioxine,
3,4-dihydro-2H-benzo[1,4]oxazine, perhydro-1,4-thiazine (= thiomorpholine), perhydroazepine,
indoline, isoindoline, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoline, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline,
etc.
[0026] The term "halogen" is understood as meaning fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine.
[0027] Optically active carbon atoms present in the compounds of the formula I can independently
of each other have R configuration or S configuration. The compounds of the formula
I can be present in the form of pure enantiomers or pure diastereomers or in the form
of mixtures of enantiomers and/or diastereomers, for example in the form of racemates.
The present invention relates to pure enantiomers and mixtures of enantiomers as well
as to pure diastereomers and mixtures of diastereomers. The invention comprises mixtures
of two or of more than two stereoisomers of the formula I, and it comprises all ratios
of the stereoisomers in the mixtures. In case the compounds of the formula I can be
present as E isomers or Z isomers (or cis isomers or trans isomers) the invention
relates both to pure E isomers and pure Z isomers and to E/Z mixtures in all ratios.
The invention also comprises all tautomeric forms of the compounds of the formula
I.
[0028] Diastereomers, including E/Z isomers, can be separated into the individual isomers,
for example, by chromatography. Racemates can be separated into the two enantiomers
by customary methods, for example by chromatography on chiral phases or by resolution,
for example by crystallization of diastereomeric salts obtained with optically active
acids or bases. Stereochemically unifom compounds of the formula I can also be obtained
by employing stereochemically uniform starting materials or by using stereoselective
reactions.
[0029] Physiologically tolerable salts of the compounds of formula I are nontoxic salts
that are physiologically acceptable, in particular pharmaceutically utilizable salts.
Such salts of compounds of the formula I containing acidic groups, for example a carboxy
group COOH, are for example alkali metal salts or alkaline earth metal salts such
as sodium salts, potassium salts, magnesium salts and calcium salts, and also salts
with physiologically tolerable quaternary ammonium ions such as tetramethylammonium
or tetraethylammonium, and acid addition salts with ammonia and physiologically tolerable
organic amines, such as methylamine, dimethylamine, trimethylamine, ethylamine, triethylamine,
ethanolamine or tris-(2-hydroxyethyl)-amine. Basic groups contained in the compounds
of the formula I, for example amino groups or amidino groups, form acid addition salts,
for example with inorganic acids such as hydrochloric acid, hydrobromic acid, sulfuric
acid, nitric acid or phosphoric acid, or with organic carboxylic acids and sulfonic
acids such as formic acid, acetic acid, oxalic acid, citric acid, lactic acid, malic
acid, succinic acid, malonic acid, benzoic acid, maleic acid, fumaric acid, tartaric
acid, methanesulfonic acid or p-toluenesulfonic acid. The present invention also includes
acid addition salts of compounds of the formula I which contain, for example, two
basic groups, with one or two acid equivalents.
[0030] Salts of compounds of the formula I can be obtained by customary methods known to
those skilled in the art, for example by combining a compound of the formula I with
an inorganic or organic acid or base in a solvent or diluent, or from other salts
by cation exchange or anion exchange. The present invention also includes all salts
of the compounds of the formula I which, because of low physiologically tolerability,
are not directly suitable for use in pharmaceuticals but are suitable, for example,
as intermediates for carrying out further chemical modifications of the compounds
of the formula I or as starting materials for the preparation of physiologically tolerable
salts.
[0031] The anions of the mentioned acids that may be present in acid addition salts of the
compounds of the formula I, are also examples of anions that may be present in the
compounds of the formula I if they contain one or more positively charged groups like
trialkylammonio- substituents, i. e. groups of the formula (alkyl)
3N
+ bonded via the positively charged nitrogen atom, or quaternized ring nitrogen atoms
in heterocyclic groups. In general a compound of the formula I contains one or more
physiologically tolerable anions or anion equivalents as counterions if it contains
one or more permanently positively charged groups like trialkylammonio. Compounds
of the formula I which simultaneously contain a basic group or a positively charged
group and an acidic group, for example an amidino group and a carboxy group, can also
be present as zwitterions (betaines) which are likewise included in the present invention.
[0032] The present invention furthermore includes all solvates of compounds of the formula
I, for example hydrates or adducts with alcohols. The invention also includes derivatives
and modifications of the compounds of the formula I, for example prodrugs, protected
forms and other physiologically tolerable derivatives including esters and amides
of acid groups, as well as active metabolites of the compounds of the formula I.
[0033] The present invention also relates to processes of preparation by which the compounds
of the formula I are obtainable. The compounds of the formula I can generally be prepared
by linkage of two or more fragments (or building blocks) which can be derived retrosynthetically
from the formula I. In the preparation of the compounds of the formula I it can generally
be advantageous or necessary in the course of the synthesis to introduce functional
groups which could lead to undesired reactions or side reactions in a synthesis step
in the form of precursors which are later converted into the desired functional groups.
As examples of precursor groups cyano groups may be mentioned which may later be converted
into amidino groups, or nitro groups which may be converted into amino groups. Protecting
groups (or blocking groups) that may be present on functional groups include allyl,
tert-butyl, benzyl, allyloxycarbonyl (Alloc), tert-butoxycarbonyl (Boc), benzyloxycarbonyl
(Z) and 9-fluorenylmethoxycarbonyl (Fmoc) as protecting groups for hydroxy, carboxylic
acid, amino and amidino groups.
[0034] In particular, in the preparation of the compounds of the formula I building blocks
can be connected by performing one or more condensation reactions and/or alkylations
and/or addition reactions such as amide couplings, i. e. by forming an amide bond
between a carboxylic acid group of one building block and an amino group of another
building block or forming an urea by reacting e. g. an isocyanate / isothiocyanate
and an amino compound of either side of the carbonyl group.
[0035] For example compounds of the formula I can be prepared by linking the building blocks
of the formulae VI, VII and IX

Z
1 is

or CN
wherein R
21 is -OH, -NR
7, F or -SH, an acid chloride, an ester, such as a -(C
1-C
4)-alkyl ester, or an activated ester, or a mixed anhydride, or an isocyanate or any
other activated species resulting from the reaction of the carboxylic acid with coupling
reagents, or amines with carbonylation reagents, Y is hydrogen atom, R
20 is -OH, -NR
7, F or -SH, and Z
2 is hydrogen atom, part of an isocyanate or part of a chlorocarbonyl or imidazolide
or related activated species,
and R
1, R
2, R
4, R
5, R
7, D
1, D
2, X
1, X
2, X
3, A and B are as defined for formula I, by means of forming in a manner known per
se a bond between the Z
2 derivative depicted in formula VI and the R
21 group depicted in formula VII and a bond between the Y derivative depicted in formula
IX and the R
20 group depicted in formula VII.
[0036] It might be useful to start the synthesis with a so-called central scaffold, e. g.
as shown by formulae II to V,

wherein X is NH
2, NO
2 or NHR.
[0037] For example, these central scaffolds are represented by diamino or hydroxyamino aryls,
for the functional groups optionally being protected or in such a kind modified, that
easy interconversion to amino or alcohol groups is possible during synthesis. Thus
instead of amino groups, nitro precursors e. g. as represented by formula III or protected/modified
diamino forms as represented by formula V, which itself are preferably prepared from
compounds of formula III, can be used as starting materials. Of course, it is as well
possible, to start with any of the hydroxy compounds shown in formula V. Instead of
phenyl compounds of the kind shown any other analogous aryl or heteroaryl compound
might be used.
[0038] One of these or related central scaffolds are either first reacted with a suitable
derivative of the side chain B (in formula I), as represented by the respective halogen
compounds, i. e. the bromides, chlorides, or activated alcohols like tosylates, mesylates
or trifluoromethansulfonates, giving the alkylation products of the amine or alcohol
moiety. A single representative example is shown below. Instead of alkylation reactions
or the Williamson synthesis the Mitsunobu reaction might be used especially for the
formation of an ether bond between the phenol and an aliphatic secondary alcohol/thiol
bearing

the or a part of the side chain B.
Then formation of the e. g. urea, thiourea or amide will be accomplished, optionally
after protective group cleavage or interconversion of the second functional group
of the central scaffold. If e. g. the simple urea derivative is desired, this will
be the 4-cyanophenylisocyanate. Instead of the shown phenyl derivative any other modified
diamine or hydroxyamine or analogously protected or interconvertable precursors might
be used.

It might sometimes be more convenient or efficient, first to make the urea, thiourea
or amide by reacting the central scaffold with the e. g. 4-cyanophenylisocyanat orthiocyanate
and then to alkylate or etherify by using the suitable method.
[0039] Of course, any other method for the synthesis of the N- or O-alkylated intermediates
might be used. For the synthesis of the ureas, thioureas, amides or carbamates, any
other methods known to the person skilled in the art might be applied, too: for example,
any of the two amine components (if the urea is desired) can be preactivated with
phosgene, thiophosgene, diphosgene, triphosgene, activated chloroformates, carbonyl
diimidazole (or the thio analog) or related reagents and then, usually in a one-pot-reaction,
the second amine be added or the respective alcohol can be preactivated with a suitable
reagent like phosgene or CDI and then be reacted with e. g. 4-cyanoaniline, or with
a protected amidino-aniline derivative.
[0040] Resulting nitrile precursors (preferably after assembling both part A and B to the
central scaffold) have to be transformed to the amidines, hydroxyamidines, amidrazones
or related functional groups. For amidine synthesis the Pinner reaction is quite useful;
first, an imino ester will be prepared with alcoholic HCI; then, nucleophilic replacement
with NH
3 or any suitable amine nucleophil gives the amidine; if hydrazine will be used, the
product is an amidrazone. Alternatively, hydroxylamine can be added to the nitrile
(in situ liberation from the e. g. hydrochloride with base, e. g, triethylamine).
The resulting hydroxyamidine can be used as an prodrug, or hydrogenated with e. g.
raney nickel or palladium on charcoal resulting in the amidine, too. Amidines or hydroxyamidines
can be modified by methods known to persons skilled in the art (e. g., prodrug synthesis
or introduction of protective groups).
[0041] A great variety of central scaffolds can be used in the preparation of the compounds
of the formula I; for the case, that further substituents/side chains are attached
or additional reactive centers (N, NH, O, OH, COOH etc) are part of the molecule,
it is necessary to choose the right strategy with respect to protective groups and
sequence of synthetic steps and functional group transformations.
[0042] The activation reactions and coupling reactions are usually performed in the presence
of an inert solvent (or diluent), for example in the presence of an aprotic solvent
like dimethylformamide (DMF), tetrahydrofuran (THF), dichloromethane (DCM), N-methylpyrrolidone
(NMP), dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO), hexamethyl phosphoric triamide (HMPT), 1,2-dimethoxyethane
(DME), dioxane, or others, or in a mixture of such solvents. Depending on the specific
process, the reaction temperature may be varied over a wide range and be, for example,
from about -20 °C to the boiling temperature of the solvent or diluent. Also depending
on the specific process, it may be necessary or advantageous to add in a suitable
amount one or more auxiliary agents, for example a base like a tertiary amine, such
as triethylamine or diisopropylethylamine, or an alkali metal alcoholate, such as
sodium methoxide or potassium tert-butoxide, for adjusting the pH or neutralizing
an acid that is formed or for liberating the free base of an amino compound that is
employed in the form of an acid addition salt, or an N-hydroxyazole like 1-hydroxybenzotriazole,
or a catalyst like 4-dimethylaminopyridine. Details on methods for the preparation
of activated carboxylic acid derivatives and the formation of amide bonds and ester
bonds as well as source literature are given in various standard references like,
for example, J. March, Advanced Organic Chemistry, 4th ed., John Wiley & Sons, 1992;
or Houben-Weyl, Methoden der organischen Chemie [Methods of Organic Chemistry], Georg
Thieme Verlag. For the Mitsunobu reaction cf. Organic Reactions, Vol. 42, Wiley, 1992.
[0043] Protective groups that may still be present in the products obtained in the coupling
reaction are then removed by standard procedures. For example, tert-butyl protecting
groups, in particular a tert-butoxycarbonyl group which is a protected form of an
amidino group, can be deprotected, i. e. converted into the amidino group, by treatment
with trifluoroacetic acid. As already explained, after the coupling reaction also
functional groups can be generated from suitable precursor groups. In addition, a
conversion into a physiologically tolerable salt or a prodrug of a compound of the
formula I can then be carried out by known processes.
[0044] In general, a reaction mixture containing a final compound of the formula I or an
intermediate is worked up and, if desired, the product is then purified by customary
processes known to those skilled in the art. For example, a synthesized compound can
be purified using well known methods such as crystallization, chromatography or reverse
phase-high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC) or other methods of separation
based, for example, on the size, charge or hydrophobicity of the compound. Similarly,
well known methods such as amino acid sequence analysis, NMR, IR and mass spectrometry
(MS) can be used for characterizing a compound of the invention.
[0045] The compounds of the formula I, which on account of its chemical structure occurs
in enantiomeric forms, if enantiomerically pure starting materials cannot be used,
can be resolved into the pure enantiomers by salt formation with enantiomerically
pure acids or bases, chromatography on chiral stationary phases or derivatization
by means of chiral enantiomerically pure compounds such as amino acids, separation
of the diastereomers thus obtained, and removal of the chiral auxiliary groups. On
the other hand, enantiomselective synthesis might be another option to get enantiomerically
pure compounds.
[0046] The compounds of the formula I can be isolated either in free form or, in the case
of the presence of acidic or basic groups, converting it into physiologically tolerable
salts. The preparation of physiologically tolerable salts of compounds of the formula
I capable of salt formation, including their stereoisomeric forms, is carried out
in a manner known per se. With basic reagents such as hydroxides, carbonates, hydrogencarbonates,
alkoxides and also ammonia or organic bases, for example trimethyl- or triethylamine,
ethanolamine or triethanolamine or alternatively basic amino acids, for example lysine,
ornithine or arginine, the carboxylic acids form stable alkali metal, alkaline earth
metal or optionally substituted ammonium salts. If the compounds of the formula I
contain basic groups, stable acid addition salts can also be prepared using strong
acids. For this, both inorganic and organic acids such as hydrochloric, hydrobromic,
sulfuric, phosphoric, methanesulfonic, benzenesulfonic, p-toluenesulfonic, 4-bromobenzenesulfonic,
cyclohexylamidosulfonic, trifluoromethylsulfonic, acetic, oxalic, tartaric, succinic
or trifluoroacetic acid are suitable.
[0047] The invention also relates to pharmaceuticals which comprise an efficacious amount
of at least one compound of the formula I and/or of a physiologically tolerable salt
of the compounds of the formula I and/or an optionally stereoisomeric form of the
compounds of the formula I, together with a pharmaceutically suitable and physiologically
tolerable excipient, additive and/or other active compounds and auxiliaries.
[0048] The compounds of the present invention inhibit the activity of the blood coagulation
enzyme factor VIIa either directly, within the prothrombinase complex or as a soluble
subunit, or indirectly, by inhibiting the assembly of factor VIIa into the prothrombinase
complex.
[0049] Because of their factor VIIa inhibitory activity the compounds of the formula I are
useful pharmacologically active compounds which are suitable, for example, for influencing
blood coagulation (or blood clotting) and fibrinolysis and for the treatment, including
therapy and prophylaxis, of diseases such as, for example, cardiovascular disorders,
thromboembolic diseases or restenoses. The compounds of the formula I and their physiologically
tolerable salts and their prodrugs can be administered to animals, preferably to mammals,
and in particular to humans as pharmaceuticals for therapy or prophylaxis. They can
be administered on their own, or in mixtures with one another or in the form of pharmaceutical
preparations which permit enteral or parenteral administration and which contain,
as active constituent, an effective amount of at least one compound of the formula
I and/or its physiologically tolerable salts and/or its prodrugs and a pharmaceutically
acceptable carrier.
[0050] The present invention therefore also relates to the compounds of the formula I and/or
their physiologically tolerable salts and/or their prodrugs for use as pharmaceuticals
(or medicaments), to the use of the compounds of the formula I and/or their physiologically
tolerable salts and/or their prodrugs for the production of pharmaceuticals for inhibition
of factor VIIa or for influencing blood coagulation or fibrinolysis or for the treatment,
including therapy and prophylaxis, of the diseases mentioned above or below, for example
for the production of pharmaceuticals for the treatment of cardiovascular disorders,
thromboembolic diseases or restenoses. The invention also relates to the use of the
compounds of the formula I and/or their physiologically tolerable salts and/or their
prodrugs for the inhibition of factor VIIa or for influencing blood coagulation or
fibrinolysis or for the treatment of the diseases mentioned above or below, for example
for use in the treatment, including therapy and prophylaxis, of cardiovascular disorders,
thromboembolic diseases or restenoses, and to methods of treatment aiming at such
purposes including methods for said therapies and prophylaxes. The present invention
furthermore relates to pharmaceutical preparations (or pharmaceutical compositions)
which contain an effective amount of at least one compound of the formula I and/or
its physiologically tolerable salts and/or its prodrugs and a pharmaceutically acceptable
carrier, i. e. one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carrier substances (or vehicles)
and/or additives (or excipients).
[0051] The pharmaceuticals can be administered orally, for example in the form of pills,
tablets, lacquered tablets, coated tablets, granules, hard and soft gelatin capsules,
solutions, syrups, emulsions, suspensions or aerosol mixtures. Administration, however,
can also be carried out rectally, for example in the form of suppositories, or parenterally,
for example intravenously, intramuscularly or subcutaneously, in the form of injection
solutions or infusion solutions, microcapsules, implants or rods, or percutaneously
or topically, for example in the form of ointments, solutions or tinctures, or in
other ways, for example in the form of aerosols or nasal sprays.
[0052] The pharmaceutical preparations according to the invention are prepared in a manner
known per se and familiar to one skilled in the art, pharmaceutically acceptable inert
inorganic and/or organic carrier substances and/or additives being used in addition
to the compound(s) of the formula I and/or its (their) physiologically tolerable salts
and/or its (their) prodrugs. For the production of pills, tablets, coated tablets
and hard gelatin capsules it is possible to use, for example, lactose, corn starch
or derivatives thereof, talc, stearic acid or its salts, etc. Carrier substances for
soft gelatin capsules and suppositories are, for example, fats, waxes, semisolid and
liquid polyols, natural or hardened oils, etc. Suitable carrier substances for the
production of solutions, for example injection solutions, or of emulsions or syrups
are, for example, water, saline, alcohols, glycerol, polyols, sucrose, invert sugar,
glucose, vegetable oils, etc. Suitable carrier substances for microcapsules, implants
or rods are, for example, copolymers of glycolic acid and lactic acid. The pharmaceutical
preparations normally contain about 0.5 to about 90 % by weight of the compounds of
the formula I and/or their physiologically tolerable salts and/or their prodrugs.
The amount of the active ingredient of the formula I and/or its physiologically tolerable
salts and/or its prodrugs in the pharmaceutical preparations normally is from about
0.5 to about 1000 mg, preferably from about 1 to about 500 mg.
[0053] In addition to the active ingredients of the formula I and/or their physiologically
acceptable salts and/or prodrugs and to carrier substances, the pharmaceutical preparations
can contain one or more additives such as, for example, fillers, disintegrants, binders,
lubricants, wetting agents, stabilizers, emulsifiers, preservatives, sweeteners, colorants,
flavorings, aromatizers, thickeners, diluents, buffer substances, solvents, solubilizers,
agents for achieving a depot effect, salts for altering the osmotic pressure, coating
agents or antioxidants. They can also contain two or more compounds of the formula
I and/or their physiologically tolerable salts and/or their prodrugs. In case a pharmaceutical
preparation contains two or more compounds of the formula I the selection of the individual
compounds can aim at a specific overall pharmacological profile of the pharmaceutical
preparation. For example, a highly potent compound with a shorter duration of action
may be combined with a long-acting compound of lower potency. The flexibility permitted
with respect to the choice of substituents in the compounds of the formula I allows
a great deal of control over the biological and physico-chemical properties of the
compounds and thus allows the selection of such desired compounds. Furthermore, in
addition to at least one compound of the formula I and/or its physiologically tolerable
salts and/or its prodrugs, the pharmaceutical preparations can also contain one or
more other therapeutically or prophylactically active ingredients.
[0054] As inhibitors of factor VIIa the compounds of the formula I and their physiologically
tolerable salts and their prodrugs are generally suitable for the therapy and prophylaxis
of conditions in which the activity of factor VIIa plays a role or has an undesired
extent, or which can favorably be influenced by inhibiting factor VIIa or decreasing
its activity, or for the prevention, alleviation or cure of which an inhibition of
factor VIIa or a decrease in its activity is desired by the physician. As inhibition
of factor VIIa influences blood coagulation and fibrinolysis the compounds of the
formula I and their physiologically tolerable salts and their prodrugs are generally
suitable for reducing blood clotting, or for the therapy and prophylaxis of conditions
in which the activity of the blood coagulation system plays a role or has an undesired
extent, or which can favorably be influenced by reducing blood clotting, or for the
prevention, alleviation or cure of which a decreased activity of the blood coagulation
system is desired by the physician. A specific subject of the present invention thus
are the reduction or inhibition of unwanted blood clotting, in particular in an individual,
by administering an effective amount of a compound I or a physiologically tolerable
salt or a prodrug thereof, as well as pharmaceutical preparations therefor.
[0055] Conditions in which a compound of the formula I and/or a physiologically tolerable
salt thereof and/or a prodrug thereof can be favorably used include, for example,
cardiovascular disorders, thromboembolic diseases or complications associated, for
example, with infection or surgery. The compounds of the present invention can also
be used to reduce an inflammatory response. Examples of specific disorders for the
treatment, including therapy and prophylaxis, of which the compounds of the formula
I can be used are coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction, angina pectoris,
vascular restenosis, for example restenosis following angioplasty like PTCA, adult
respiratory disstress syndrome, multi-organ failure, stroke and disseminated intravascular
clotting disorder. Examples of related complications associated with surgery are thromboses
like deep vein and proximal vein thrombosis which can occur following surgery. In
view of their pharmacological activity the compounds of the invention can replace
other anticoagulant agents such as heparin. The use of a compound of the invention
can result, for example, in a cost saving as compared to other anticoagulants.
[0056] When using the compounds of the formula I the dose can vary within wide limits and,
as is customary and is known to the physician, is to be suited to the individual conditions
in each individual case. It depends, for example, on the specific compound employed,
on the nature and severity of the disease to be treated, on the mode and the schedule
of administration, or on whether an acute or chronic condition is treated or whether
prophylaxis is carried out. An appropriate dosage can be established using clinical
approaches well known in the medical art. In general, the daily dose for achieving
the desired results in an adult weighing about 75 kg is from about 0.01 to about 100
mg/kg, preferably from about 0.1 to about 50 mg/kg, in particular from about 0.1 to
about 10 mg/kg, (in each case in mg per kg of body weight). The daily dose can be
divided, in particular in the case of the administration of relatively large amounts,
into several, for example 2, 3 or 4, part administrations. As usual, depending on
individual behavior it may be necessary to deviate upwards or downwards from the daily
dose indicated.
[0057] A compound of the formula I can also advantageously be used as an anticoagulant outside
an individual. For example, an effective amount of a compound of the invention can
be contacted with a freshly drawn blood sample to prevent coagulation of the blood
sample. Further, a compound of the formula I and its salts can be used for diagnostic
purposes, for example in in vitro diagnoses, and as an auxiliary or tool in biochemical
investigations. For example, a compound of the formula I can be used in an assay to
identify the presence of factor VIIa or to isolate factor VIIa in a substantially
purified form. A compound of the invention can be labeled with, for example, a radioisotope,
and the labeled compound bound to factor VIIa is then detected using a routine method
useful for detecting the particular label. Thus, a compound of the formula I or a
salt thereof can be used advantageously as a probe to detect the location or amount
of factor VIIa activity in vivo, in vitro or ex vivo.
[0058] Furthermore, the compounds of the formula I can be used as synthesis intermediates
for the preparation of other compounds, in particular of other pharmaceutical active
ingredients, which are obtainable from the compounds of the formula I, for example
by introduction of substituents or modification of functional groups.
[0059] It is understood that modifications that do not substantially affect the activity
of the various embodiments of this invention are included within the invention disclosed
herein. Accordingly, the following examples are intended to illustrate but not limit
the present invention.
Examples
[0060] Abbreviations:
- Boc
- tert. butyl oxycarbonyl
- DMF
- N,N-Dimethylformamide
- DMSO
- Dimethylsulfoxide
- rt
- room temperature
- THF
- Tetrahydrofuran
- Z
- benzyl oxycarbonyl
[0061] When in the final step of the synthesis of a compound an acid such as trifluoroacetic
acid or acetic acid was used, for example when trifluoroacetic acid was employed to
remove a tert-butyl group or when a compound was purified by chromatography using
an eluent which contained such an acid, in some cases, depending on the work-up procedure,
for example the details of a freeze-drying process, the compound was obtained partially
or completely in the form of a salt of the acid used, for example in the form of the
acetic acid salt or trifluoroacetic acid salt.
Example 1: 1-(4-Cyano-phenyl)-3-[-(1-phenyl-ethylamino)-phenyl]-urea
[0062] 1.16 g (10.8 mmol) 1,2-phenylene diamine was dissolved in 10 ml dimethyl formamide,
2.1 g (15 mmol) potassium carbonate and 1.47 ml (10.8 mmol) 1-bromo-1-phenylethane
were added with stirring. After 8 hours (h) at rt, most of the starting materials
were consumed. Potassium bromide was filtered off, the solvent removed, the mixture
redissolved in 20 ml THF and then 1,15 g (8 mmol) 4-cyanophenylisocyanate were slowly
added and stirred for another 50 h at rt. The mixture was worked up by filtration,
evaporated to dryness, dissolved in ethyl acetate and washed with diluted HCI, sodium
carbonate solution and brine.
yield: 2,8 g (98 %)
1H-NMR (DMSO-d6, 300 MHz): 1,5; 1,65 (2 d, 3 H, CH
3); 4,6 (m, 1 H, CH); 6,4 - 7,8 (mm, 14 H, ar, NH); 8,4; 9,6 (2 s, 2 H, ar-NH)
MS (M+H): 357,1
Example 2: 4-{3-[2-(1-Phenyl-ethylamino)-phenyl]-ureido}-benzamidin
[0063] The nitrile from example 1 (1.0 g, 2.8 mmol) was dissolved in 35 ml anhydrous MeOH
* HCI (saturated at - 20 °C) at rt in a closed vessel for 10 h. The solvent was then
removed, and the iminoester was again dissolved in anhydrous MeOH. Ammonium acetate
(2.15 g) was added and the mixture stirred for 16 h. After removal of the solvent,
adding ethanol and filtration purified the crude product.
1H-NMR (DMSO-d6, 300 MHz): 1,5; 1,8 (2 d, 3 H, CH
3); 4,6 (m, 1 H, CH); 5,7 - 7,8 (mm, ar, NH)
MS (M+H): 374,2
[0064] Analogously to the above examples the following example compounds were prepared.
The examples in Table 1 show the structures of the prepared compounds.

Pharmacological testing
[0065] The ability of the compounds of the formula I to inhibit factor VIIa or other enzymes
like factor Xa, thrombin, plasmin, or trypsin can be assessed by determining the concentration
of the compound of the formula I that inhibits enzyme activity by 50 %, i. e. the
IC
50 value, which is related to the inhibition constant Ki. Purified enzymes are used
in chromogenic assays. The concentration of inhibitor that causes a 50 % decrease
in the rate of substrate hydrolysis is determined by linear regression after plotting
the relative rates of hydrolysis (compared to the uninhibited control) versus the
log of the concentration of the compound of formula I. For calculating the inhibition
constant Ki, the IC
50 value is corrected for competition with substrate using the formula

wherein Km is the Michaelis-Menten constant (Chen and Prusoff, Biochem. Pharmacol.
22 (1973), 3099-3108; I. H. Segal, Enzyme Kinetics, 1975, John Wiley & Sons, New York,
100-125; which are incorporated herein by reference).
a) Factor VIIa (FVIIa) Assay
[0066] The inhibitory activity (expressed as inhibition constant Ki(FVIIa)) of the compounds
of formula I towards factor VIIa/tissue factor activity was determined using a chromogenic
assay essentially as described previously (J. A. Ostrem et al., Biochemistry 37 (1998)
1053-1059 which is incorporated herein by reference). Kinetic assays were conducted
at 25°C in half-area microtiter plates (Costar Corp., Cambridge, Massachusetts) using
a kinetic plate reader (Molecular Devices Spectramax 250). A typical assay consisted
of 25 µl human factor VIIa and TF (5 nM and 10 nM, respective final concentration)
combined with 40 µl of inhibitor dilutions in 10 % DMSO/TBS-PEG buffer (50 mM Tris,
15 mM NaCI, 5 mM CaCl
2, 0.05 % PEG 8000, pH 8.15). Following a 15 minute preincubation period, the assay
was initiated by the addition of 35 µl of the chromogenic substrate S-2288 (D-lle-Pro-Arg-p-nitroanilide,
Pharmacia Hepar Inc., 500 µM final concentration).
[0067] The following test results (inhibition constants Ki(FVIIa)) were obtained:
| Example Compound |
Ki (FVIIa) [µM] |
| 2 |
0,7 |
| 3 |
44,43 |
| 7 |
0,103 |
1. A compound of the formula I,

wherein D
1 and D
2 independently from one another are
1. hydrogen atom,
2. -C(O)-(C1-C6)-alkyl,
3. -C(O)-aryl,
4. -C(O)-(C1-C6)-alkyl-aryl,
5. -C(O)-O-(C1-C6)-alkyl,
6. -C(O)-O-(C1-C6)-alkyl-aryl,
7. -C(O)-O-(C1-C6)-aryl or
8. -NH2, or
D
1 is hydrogen atom, when D
2 is
1. -OH,
2. -O-C(O)-(C1-C6)-alkyl,
3. -O-C(O)-aryl,
4. -O-C(O)-(C1-C6)-alkyl-aryl or
5. -NH2, or
D
2 is hydrogen atom, when D
1 is
1. -OH,
2. -O-C(O)-(C1-C6)-alkyl,
3. -O-C(O)-aryl,
4. -O-C(O)-(C1-C6)-alkyl-aryl or
5. -NH2, or
D
1 and D
2 together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a cycle of the formula
VIII

or D
1 and R
4 or D
2 and R
4 together form a cycle of the formulae VIIIa to VIIId,

wherein X
1 and X
2 independently from one another are selected from the group consisting of a carbon
atom substituted by R
4, wherein R
4 is as defined below, and a nitrogen atom,
wherein R
4 and R
5 independently from one another are
1. hydrogen atom,
2. -(C1-C6)-alkyl,
3. -OH,
4. -O-(C1-C6)-alkyl,
5. halogen,
6. -NH2 or
7. -NO2,
wherein X
3 is oxygen atom, sulfur atom or NH,
wherein A is
1. -X4-, wherein -X4- is
1.1 a covalent bond,
1.2 -CH2-,
1.3 -CH(OH)-,
1.4 -CH(NH2)-,
1.5 -CH(COOH)-,
1.6 -CH(CONH2)-,
1.7 -CH(CH2-OH)-,
1.8 -CH(-CH2-NH2)-,
1.9 -CH(-CH2-COOH)- or
1.10 -CH(-CH2-CONH2)-,
2. -N(R3)-X4-, wherein -X4- is as defined above and wherein R3 is
a) hydrogen atom,
b) -OH or
c) -NH2, or
3. -O-X4-, wherein -X4- is as defined above,
R
1 and R
2 together with each carbon atoms to which they are attached form
1. -aryl, wherein aryl is unsubstituted or mono- or disubstituted independently of
one another by R6,
2. heteroaryl, wherein heteroaryl is unsubstituted or mono- or disubstituted independently
of one another by R6,
3. a 3- to 8-membered cyclic group, wherein said cyclic group is saturated or partially
saturated and unsubstituted or mono- or disubstituted independently of one another
by R6 or =O, or
4. a 3- to 8-membered cyclic group, containing up to 1, 2, 3 or 4 heteroatoms chosen
from nitrogen, sulfur or oxygen, wherein said cyclic group is saturated or partially
saturated and unsubstituted or mono- or disubstituted independently of one another
by R6 or =O, wherein R6 is
1. halogen,
2. -(CH2)n-OH, wherein n is the inter zero, 1 or 2,
3. -(CH2)n-O-R10, wherein R10 is -(C1-C6)-alkyl or -(C1-C6)-alkyl-aryl, and n is the integer zero, 1 or 2,
4. -(CH2)n-COOR11, wherein R11 is hydrogen atom, -(C1-C6)-alkyl or -(C1-C6)-alkyl-aryl, and n is the integer zero, 1 or 2,
5. -(CH2)n-C(O)N(H)R12, wherein R12 is hydrogen atom or -(C1-C6)-alkyl, and n is the integer zero, 1 or 2,
6. -NO2,
7. -N(H)R12, wherein R12 is hydrogen atom, formyl, acetyl, sulfonylmethyl, amidosulfonyl or -(C1-C6)-alkyl,
8. -CF3,
9. -SO2-R13, wherein R13 is methyl, ethyl or -NH2,
10. -CN,
11. -(C1-C6)-alkyl,
12. -(C1-C6)-alkyl-aryl,
13. -heteroaryl,
14. -(C1-C6)-alkyl-heteroaryl or
15. -heterocycloalkyl,
B is
1. -N(R7)-(CH-(R8))p-aryl,
wherein aryl is unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently of one
another by
1.1. -(C1-C6)-alkyl, wherein alkyl is unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently
of one another by =O, =S, -O-R10, halogen, aryl or heteroaryl,
1.2. -(C3-C6)-cycloalkyl, wherein cycloalkyl is unsubstituted or mono-, di-or trisubstituted independently
of one another by =O, =S, -O-R10, halogen, aryl or heteroaryl,
1.3. -CF3,
1.4. -CN,
1.5. -NO2,
1.6. halogen,
1.7. -C(O)-O-R14, wherein R14 is hydrogen atom or as defined for R6 above,
1.8. -C(O)-(C0-C6)-alkyl, wherein alkyl is unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently
of one another as defined for R6 above,
1.9. -O-(C1-C6)-alkyl, wherein alkyl is unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently
of one another as defined for R6 above,
1.10. -O-(C1-C6)-alkyl-aryl, wherein alkyl and aryl independently of one another are unsubstituted
or mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently of one another as defined for R6 above,
1.11. -O-(C1-C6)-alkyl-heteroaryl, wherein alkyl and heteroaryl independently of one another are
unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently of one another as defined
for R6 above,
1.12. -O-C(O)-S-(C1-C6)-alkyl,
1.13 -O-C(O)-(C1-C6)-alkyl-aryl, wherein alkyl and aryl independently of one another are unsubstituted
or mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently of one another as defined for R6 above,
1.14 -O-C(O)-(C1-C6)-alkyl, wherein alkyl is unsubstituted or mono-, di-or trisubstituted independently
of one another as defined for R6 above,
1.15. -O-C(O)-(C1-C6)-alkyl-heteroaryl, wherein alkyl and heteroaryl independently of one another are
unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently of one another as defined
for R6 above,
1.16. -O-C(O)-aryl, wherein aryl is unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted
independently of one another as defined for R6 above,
1.17. -O-C(O)-heteroaryl, wherein heteroaryl is unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted
independently of one another as defined for R6 above,
1.18 -O-C(O)-NH-(C1-C6)-alkyl-aryl, wherein alkyl and aryl independently of one another are unsubstituted
or mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently of one another as defined for R6 above,
1.19 -O-C(O)-NH-(C1-C6)-alkyl, wherein alkyl is unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently
of one another as defined for R6 above,
1.20. -O-C(O)-NH-(C1-C6)-alkyl-heteroaryl, wherein alkyl and heteroaryl independently of one another are
unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently of one another as defined
for R6 above,
1.21. -O-C(O)-NH-aryl, wherein aryl is unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted
independently of one another as defined for R6 above,
1.22. -O-C(O)-NH-heteroaryl, wherein heteroaryl is unsubstituted or mono-, di- or
trisubstituted independently of one another as defined for R6 above,
1.23. aryl, wherein aryl is unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently
of one another as defined for R6 above,
1.24. -O-aryl, wherein -O-aryl is unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently
of one another as defined for R6 above,
1.25. heteroaryl, wherein heteroaryl is unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted
independently of one another as defined for R6 above,
1.26. -O-heteroaryl, wherein -O-heteroaryl is unsubstituted or mono-, di-or trisubstituted
independently of one another as defined for R6 above,
1.27. -S(O)n-R15, wherein -R15 is
a) -OH, provided that n is only 2,
b) -(C1-C6)-alkyl, wherein alkyl is unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently
of one another as defined for R6 above,
c) aryl, wherein aryl is unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently
of one another as defined for R6 above,
d) -(C1-C6)-alkyl-aryl, wherein alkyl and aryl independently of one another are unsubstituted
or mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently of one another as defined for R6 above, or
e) -N(R16)2, wherein R16 independently of one another are hydrogen atom or as defined for R15 a) to R15 d), provided that n is only 2, and
n is the integer zero, 1 or 2, or
1.28. -N(R17)2, wherein R17 independently of one another are
1.28.1. hydrogen atom,
1.28.2.-(C1-C6)-alkyl, wherein alkyl is unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently
of one another as defined for the substituents 1.1. to 1.27. for aryl above,
1.28.3.aryl, wherein aryl is unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently
of one another as defined for the substituents 1.1. to 1.27. for aryl above,
1.28.4.-(C1-C6)-alkyl-aryl, wherein alkyl and aryl independently of one another are unsubstituted
or mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently of one another as defined for the substituents
1.1. to 1.27. for aryl above,
1.28.5. heteroaryl, wherein heteroaryl is unsubstituted or mono-, di-or trisubstituted
independently of one another as defined for the substituents 1.1. to 1.27. for aryl
above,
1.28.6.-(C1-C6)-alkyl-heteroaryl, wherein alkyl and heteroaryl independently of one another are
unsubstituted or mono-, di-or trisubstituted independently of one another as defined
for the substituents 1.1. to 1.27. for aryl above,
1.28.7.-C(O)-R18, wherein R18 is
a) hydrogen atom,
b) -(C1-C6)-alkyl, wherein alkyl is unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently
of one another as defined for R6 above,
c) aryl, wherein aryl is unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently
of one another as defined for R6 above,
d) -(C1-C6)-alkyl-aryl, wherein alkyl and aryl independently of one another are unsubstituted
or mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently of one another as defined for R6 above, or
e) heteroaryl, wherein heteroaryl is unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted
independently of one another as defined for R6 above,
f) -(C1-C6)-alkyl-heteroaryl, wherein alkyl and heteroaryl independently of one another are
unsubstituted or mono-, di- or trisubstituted independently of one another as defined
for R6 above.
1.28.8.-C(S)-R18, wherein R18 is as defined above,
1.28.9.-C(O)-O-R18, wherein R18 is as defined above,
1.28.10. -C(O)-N(R18)2, wherein R18 independently of one another are as defined above,
1.28.11. -S(O)-R18, wherein R18 is as defined above,
1.28.12. -S(O)2-R18, wherein R18 is as defined above,
1.28.13. -S(O)-N(R18)2, wherein R18 independently of one another are as defined above, or
1.28.14. -S(O)2-N(R18)2, wherein R18 independently of one another are as defined above,
provided that if there is a single bond between A and B, then A and B are in a cis-conformation
to each other,
p is the integer zero, 1 or 2,
R7 is
1.1 hydrogen atom,
1.2 -(C1-C6)-alkyl or
1.3 -OH,
R8 is
1.1 hydrogen atom,
1.2 -(C1-C6)-alkyl, wherein alkyl is unsubstituted or mono- to totally substituted by fluorine,
1.3 -(C2-C6)-alkenyl, wherein alkenyl is unsubstituted or mono-di- or trisubstituted by fluorine,
1.4 -(C2-C6)-alkinyl, wherein alkinyl is unsubstituted or mono-di- or trisubstituted by fluorine,
1.5 -(C0-C3)-alkyl-(C3-C6)-cycloalkyl, wherein alkyl is unsubstituted or mono- to totally substituted by fluorine,
1.6 -CN,
1.7 aryl, wherein aryl is unsubstituted or mono- or di-substituted as defined under
1.1. to 1.28. for aryl above,
1.8 heteroaryl, wherein heteroaryl is unsubstituted, mono- or di-substituted as defined
under 1.1. to 1.28. for aryl above, or
1.9 -(C0-C2)-alkyl-O-(C1-C6)-alkyl,
2. -O-(CH-(R8))p-aryl, wherein aryl, R8 and p are as defined above, or
3. -N(R7)-(CH-(R8))p- heteroaryl, wherein heteroaryl is unsubstituted or mono- or di-substituted as defined
under 1.1. to 1.28. for aryl above and R7, R8 and p are as defined above, or
4. -S-(CH-(R8))p-aryl, wherein aryl, R8 and p are as defined above
in all their stereoisomeric forms and mixtures thereof in any ratio, and their physiologically
tolerable salts.
2. A compound of the formula I as claimed in claim 1, wherein
D
1 and D
2 are each hydrogen atom or D
1 is hydrogen atom and D
2 is -OH or D
1 is -OH and D
2 is hydrogen atom,
X
1 and X
2 are independently from one another unsubstituted carbon atom or nitrogen atom,
R
4 and R
5 independently from one another are hydrogen atom or halogen,
X
3 is oxygen atom,
A is -NH-,
R1 and R2 together with each carbon atoms to which they are attached form
1. phenyl, unsubstituted or substituted by -(CH2)-OH or -(CH2)-COOH or
2. thiophene, unsubstituted or substituted by -(CH2)-OH or -(CH2)-COOH
B is
1. -N(R7)-(CH-(R8))p-aryl,
wherein aryl is indanyl, phenyl, tetralinyl, naphthalinyl, which are
unsubstituted or mono- to di-substituted independently of one another by Br, Cl, F,
-CF3, -NO2, phenyl, phenoxy, benzyloxy, methyl, methoxy, carboxy, carboxyalkyl or carboxyalkylaryl,
p is the integer zero or 1,
R7 is hydrogen atom,
R8 is
1.1 hydrogen atom,
1.2 -(C1-C2)-alkyl, unsubstituted or all hydrogen atoms are substituted by fluorine
1.3 -CN,
1.4 phenyl, wherein phenyl is unsubstituted or mono- or di-substituted by methoxy
or halogen,
1.5 -(C0-C2)-alkyl-O-(C1-C4)-alkyl,
1.6 cyclopropylmethyl, or
1.7 ethinyl,
2. -O-(CH-(R8))p-phenyl,
wherein R8 and p are as defined above, or
3. -N(R7)-(CH-(R8))p-heteroaryl, wherein heteroaryl is imidazolyl, benzimidazolyl, oxazolyl, benzoxazolyl,
thiazolyl, benzothiazolyl, indolyl, indazolyl, indolinyl, or pyridinyl unsubstituted
or mono substituted by Br, Cl, F, -CF3, -NO2, phenyl, phenoxy, methyl, benzyloxy, methyl, methoxy, carboxy, carboxyalkyl or carboxyalkylaryl,
and R7, R8 and p are as defined above,
in all their stereoisomeric forms and mixtures thereof in any ratio, and their physiologically
tolerable
3. A process for the preparation of a compound of formula I as claimed in one or more
of claims 1 or 2, comprising linking the building blocks of the formulae VI, VII and
IX

Z
1 is

or CN
wherein R
21 is -OH, -NR
7, F or -SH, an acid chloride, an ester, such as a -(C
1-C
4)-alkyl ester, or an activated ester, or a mixed anhydride, or an isocyanate or any
other activated species resulting from the reaction of the carboxylic acid with coupling
reagents, or amines with carbonylation reagents, Y is hydrogen atom, R
20 is -OH, -NR
7, F or -SH, and Z
2 is hydrogen atom, part of an isocyanate or part of a chlorocarbonyl or imidazolide
or related activated species,
and R
1, R
2, R
4, R
5, R
7, D
1, D
2, X
1, X
2, X
3, A and B are as defined for formula I, by means of forming in a manner known per
se a bond between the Z
2 derivative depicted in formula VI and the R
21 group depicted in formula VII and a bond between the Y derivative depicted in formula
IX and the R
20 group depicted in formula VII.
4. A pharmaceutical preparation, comprising at least one compound of the formula I as
claimed in one or more of claims 1 or 2 and/or a physiologically tolerable salt thereof
and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
5. A compound of the formula I as claimed in one or more of claims 1 or 2 and/or a physiologically
tolerable salt thereof for use as an inhibitor of factor VIIa.
6. A compound of the formula I as claimed in one or more of claims 1 or 2 and/or a physiologically
tolerable salt thereof for inhibiting or reducing blood clotting or inflammatory response
or for use in the treatment of cardiovascular disorders, thromboembolic diseases or
restenoses.
7. The use of a compound of the formula I as claimed in one or more of claims 1 or 2
and/or a physiologically tolerable salt thereof for the production of pharmaceuticals
for inhibiting factor VIIa.
8. The use of a compound of the formula I as claimed in one or more of claims 1 or 2
and/or a physiologically tolerable salt thereof for the production of pharmaceuticals
for inhibiting or reducing blood clotting or inflammatory response or in the treatment
of cardiovascular disorders, thromboembolic diseases or restenoses.